Re: Example of code I posted..
> From: George Henry
> I have been to the RDS Web site browsing user contributions
> quite a bit
> lately, and hadn't taken note of irregular.ew. The way
> everyone on the list
> talks about Win32Lib, it sounds as if it should be (or its
> developers' goal
> is for it to be) "all you need" to write the most bodacious
> Windows programs
> possible in Euphoria. That is the impression one gets, the
> impression I got
> anyway.
The original intent, as stated on this list by David Cuny, was to remove
most of the Win32 API from the user, to allow a higher level, similar to VB.
I think that's still where win32lib is headed, although there are some
additional libraries that have been put out to extend win32lib into other,
more specialized areas, like DDE or ODBC or irregular windows. David has
stated that (and I agree) these don't really belong in win32lib.
Win32lib really has become more of an open source, collaborative project
over time, even though Derek has become the 'leader' and keeper of the
official releases (and done A LOT of coding :). But if you look at the
change log, you'll see a lot of names listed.
> Rather than having a "random" collection of user-contributed
> libraries,
> wouldn't it be nice if someone categorized or indexed them
> helpfully? And
> wrote an indexed book or help file that will tell us what we
> need to do a
> particular task? The search facility on the Web site is
> helpful, but I think
> it falls short of what is needed.
> Maybe Travis Beatty will expand Encyclopedia Euphoria in time
> to encompass
> some -> most -> all of the lieburies. I'll see if I can talk
> him into it.
> 8^) Might even get involved in the effort myself.
> The problem with having good ideas is that people (to some extent
> rightfully) expect you turn around and implement them.
:)
Matt Lewis
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